http://www.bobbybroom.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:17:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en written by Bobby Broom for Jazz Voicings, his bimonthly Chicago Jazz Magazine column Hiram Bullock probably became best known as the barefoot guitarist in Paul Schaefer's band for the Late Night with David Letterman show during the early eighties. But he amassed a massive resumé playing alongside many of contemporary music's ... http://www.bobbybroom.com/blog/?p=31 written by Bobby Broom for Jazz Voicings, his bimonthly Chicago Jazz Magazine column People often ask me what it's like to work with Sonny Rollins: what he's like, what he practices, if he hangs out with the band, et cetera. Well, forget all that. My relationship with Mr. Rollins has been ... http://www.bobbybroom.com/blog/?p=30 written by Bobby Broom for Jazz Voicings, his bimonthly Chicago Jazz Magazine column I sometimes wonder if jazz needs a competition akin to the Olympics in order to move towards meritocracy in the field. The competition categories might be: harmonic inventiveness, time feel, solo structure - One thing I'd bet all ... http://www.bobbybroom.com/blog/?p=29 written by Bobby Broom for Jazz Voicings, his bimonthly Chicago Jazz Magazine column Ahhh, those summer days… They make me think of freedom and fun and an escape from the constraints of the classroom. As a high school jazz student, after music had become the focal point in my life, I ... http://www.bobbybroom.com/blog/?p=28 I am actually happy to eat crow after having erroneously accused Northwestern University's School of Music of altogether disregarding America's, or more accurately, African-Americans' great contribution to world culture: jazz music. I was pleased to learn of the appointment of Victor Goines, former Director of Jazz Studies at The Juilliard ... http://www.bobbybroom.com/blog/?p=27 written by Bobby Broom for Jazz Voicings, his bimonthly Chicago Jazz Magazine column College Jazz Studies programs have placed so much emphasis on the academics of jazz that the spirit behind the music - its essence - has been purged from both the curriculum and from the music being performed by ... http://www.bobbybroom.com/blog/?p=26 written by Bobby Broom for Jazz Voicings, his bimonthly Chicago Jazz Magazine column After hearing George Benson play Paul Desmond’s “Take Five” on his Bad Benson record, I was off on my personal journey of jazz discovery. I bought as many records as I possibly could within the budget of ... http://www.bobbybroom.com/blog/?p=23 written by Bobby Broom for Jazz Voicings, his bimonthly Chicago Jazz Magazine column The case of the wilting of Northwestern University’s Jazz Studies program is a particularly sad one. Northwestern recently announced that its School of Music will no longer offer a Jazz Studies major. With the school being located so ... http://www.bobbybroom.com/blog/?p=21 written for his Chicago Jazz Magazine column Jazz Voicings by Bobby Broom I stopped practicing with a metronome very early on in my study of the guitar. Shortly after I became committed to keeping time for myself, it was simply no longer necessary for me as a time keeping aid. ... http://www.bobbybroom.com/blog/?p=19 (from the March/April issue of Chicago Jazz Magazine) One of my first lessons in socialization as a young jazz musician came when I was around fifteen years old. After work one evening my mentor/employer who was twenty years my senior (a gentleman named Weldon Irvine) offered to take me to ... http://www.bobbybroom.com/blog/?p=18